The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-11
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Supt. Bakers Report on the First
Weeks Work.

Supt. Bakers Report on the First
Weeks Work.
The Board of Public Education met last
night at the Chatham Academy. Present,
DIR. j. B. Read, Vice President, presiding,
and Messrs. Douglass, Blum, Duncan, TAFT
nall and Estill. The minutes of the last
regular and a special meeting were read
and approved.
Supt. Baker submitted his monthly re
port which was received as information
and ordered to be spread upon the minutes:
The public schools of Chatham county, city
and country, were reopened on Monday, Oct g.
The enrolment, as learned from the reports of
the city principals, submitted on Friday, was
100 being 124 in excess of the enrolment at
the end of the first week last year Many appli-
cants have been received since that date, which
will increase the numbers given. Owing to the
resignation Of Miss Loewenthal, teacher OF the
| second grade in the Barnard Street School, the
assistant teacher has been placed in charge OF
regular class. 1t will therefore be necessary to
elect an assistant. In accordance with the
| recommendation of the committee on eXamlna-
| ton of teachers the successful competitors at
the examination held on Sept. 26 were placed in
positions in the schools as assistants. Owing to
| the increased accommodations furnished at
| Chatham Academy, the classes are not so
| crowded as they were last year. A remedy, in
| the few grades in which the numbers are exces-
sive will be furnished by transferring the pupils
| to other schools
A very large number of applicants for admis-
| sion into the colored schools have been excluded
| for want of room.
No authentic or official reports will be re-
ceived from the country schools until the end OF
| the month.
The committee on the examination of
applicants for assistant teacherships re-
| ported, and recommended the following
appointments to the white schools Miss
| NJ. w. McCulloch, Miss Alice H. White and
Mrs H n. Lightsey.
Miss Georgia Knox and Miss Maria E.
CASTOR were recommended as assistant
| teachers in the colored schools. The COM
mittee reported that the grades of the other
colored applicants were SO low that they
were not considered. The report was
adopted.
| A letter was read from Mr.. G. w. Lee,
| teacher of the school at Bethesda, showing
| that there were rs scholars in attendance.
| The letter was referred to the Finance Com
mittee.
A communication was read from Messrs.
| Wylly & Clarke, H. l.. Schreiner and E. M.
Conner. calling the attention of the Board
to the distribution of lists of school books
with the advertisement of book house of
this city printed ON them by the teachers at
| the recent opening of the schools.
Capt. Blum offered the following resolu-
tions which were adopted:
Resolved That hereafter it shall be the duty
| of the SuDerintendent to proyide teachers with
| printed lists of such books as may be required
| for use in the schools, and he shall also publish
| said list in daily newspapers of the city at least
| one month before the opening of the schools.
| Resolved, Further, that hereafter teachers
| shall not be permitted to distribute or use any
| list of books containing the advertisement of
any bookseller or any other business firm
A communication was read from the
citizens of Pooler Station No. l, Central
railroad informing the board that school
had been organized at that place and re-
questing the appointment of Mr.. A. p Holt
as teacher, and certain other gentlemen as
trustees. Mr.. Holt was appointed teacher,
but the appointment of trustees was re-
ferred to a special committee
The citizens living in the neighborhood of
Bethel public school, ON the Ogeechee, petit
toned the board to appoint certain parties
trustees to look after the interests of the
| same special committee.
Miss. NJ. w. McCulloch was on motion
elected to fill the vacancy in the eighth
! grade of the Barnard street school.
On motion the examination for assistant
teachers was ordered to be held at the Chat
ham Academy on Friday, Oct 2S
| On motion the salary OF the janitor of the
academy was made $50 per month, with the
understanding that he was to take care of
the entire building.
Col. r. w. Habersham, who was in wait
ing, was invited to address the board on the
subject of archaeological education. The
! Colonel spoke about ten minutes, and was
listened to with great interest. The address
was in furtherance of an application for the
use of a room j. the academy to be used by
that gentlema' a chronological school.
After Col alb sham had retired, a reso-
luton was pas, "a rendering him the use of a
room in the Academy, and the Superintend-
ent was requested to assign him suitable
room for his class